(S5E1) 🏰 ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY: The Secrets of St Michael's Mount
Folkways: The Folklore of Britain and IrelandShow Notes
Walk across the sea with me. From legends of angels and giants, to a mysterious ley line known as 'the dragon line'... to a bizarre discovery made inside the chapel... let's explore the history and folklore of Cornwall’s most iconic landmark.
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MORE INFO AND CREDITS Anna Berska Paul Weston, The Michael Leyline https://bit.ly/41UGtpX Yuri Leitch, The Dragon Line map Ithell Colquhoun, The Living Stones (1957) Jack The Giant Killer (1962) Featuring folktales of Tom Hickathrift (East Anglia, England) and Red Ettin the Giant (Scotland) Poetry on the mount by Humphrey Davy (1799), John Davidson (1909), Richard Carew (1602)
Both William Bottrell and Robert Hunt collected Cornish folklore and made accessible overviews in the 1800s. Without these two folklorists' work, many classic Cornish stories would be lost. Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall (Bottrell, 1870) and Popular Romances of the West of England (Hunt, 1865) are highly recommended.
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